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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Laos	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	103,574

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Laos, Vietnam; the database as a whole is cited above.